EIR Request - Plastic Recycling and Export

Request 101002217755

1) As far as the Council is aware, was any of the plastic collected in 2018 by the Council’s Recycling Collection Services ultimately exported to be recycled outside the UK?

2) If yes, please provide the names of all companies that were responsible for exporting this plastic?

3) Does the Council have any estimation of how much plastic was exported outside the UK during 2018? If so, please provide this in terms of tonnes of plastic exported.

4) Does the Council know which countries plastic was exported to during 2019? If so, please provide this.

Response 30-07-2019

1) As far as we’re aware, all our plastics sent for recycling are granulated into plastic pellets for re-use within the plastics industry within this country

2) N/a

3) N/a

4) N/a